Sports Stories from October 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Batavia wins showdown at St. Charles EastOct 12, 2012 10:13 am - A different core of players and a different way of winning a football game, but one thing remains the same: Batavia is Upstate Eight Conference River champions again. In...
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Kaneland stays unbeaten without DavidOct 12, 2012 10:13 am - With a full house at Kaneland’s Peterson Field Friday, it was two pair that won the game for the Knights. Kaneland improved to 8-0 and 4-0 in the Northern Illinois Big 1...
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Persistence pays for Prospect’s Johnson, Barrington downstateOct 12, 2012 9:54 am - Prospect junior Josh Johnson refused to get down on himself after struggling in the early going at Friday’s Class 3A boys state golf championship tournament in Bloomingt...
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Benet denies St. Viator in ESCC championship showdownOct 12, 2012 9:35 am - Since 1990, both Benet and St. Viator have dominated the East Suburban Catholic Conference in boys soccer, winning or sharing all but two of the league titles since then...
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St. Viator nears return to postseasonOct 12, 2012 9:00 am - When Brandon New took over as head football coach this year at St. Viator, a state playoff berth was only a distant thought. But after Friday’s 31-21 victory over Marian...
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A steroids-free Rodriguez can’t do the jobOct 12, 2012 5:36 am - When New York Yankees outfielder Raul Ibanez pinch-hit for first baseman Alex Rodriguez Wednesday night, you witnessed the beginning of the end of one of the great fraud...
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Fantasy football: Go ahead, panic and take a chanceOct 12, 2012 5:30 am - About seven years ago, I remember getting up from my chair at work, taking a walk to the water fountain and feeling an odd pain in my abdominal area. “That doesn't feel...
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Stevenson's Miller, Prospect in state title contentionOct 12, 2012 12:15 am - Stevenson's Miller, Prospect in state title contention
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A’s eliminated with 6-0 loss to Tigers in Game 5Oct 12, 2012 12:03 am - OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics finally encountered the one hurdle too tough to overcome in this surprising season: Justin Verlander. The A’s struck out 11 times...
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Meadows thinks outside the box, tops HerseyOct 12, 2012 12:03 am - Rolling Meadows isn’t accustomed to winning like it did on Friday night at Roland Goins Stadium. But if teams are only going to put five defenders in the box against the...